Ryder, J. A. (2014); Girls and violence: Tracing the roots of criminal behavior. ; Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated. ISBN: 978-1-58826-838-9, 170 Seiten, €27.50

In her book „Girls and Violence: Tracing the Roots of Criminal Behavior“, associate prof. Judith Ryder [1] describes and analyses the turbulent lives of 24 young girls between the ages of 13 and 16 who have, in one way or another, gone from being victimized into becoming the victimizer. Her (secondary) in-depth analysis of the underlying mechanisms of how and why girls turn to violence is especially welcomed in a world where, “despite considerable recent advances in the study of female offending”, these issues “still [remain] relatively understudied” (Ryder, 2014; p. ix). Continue reading J. A. Ryder – Girls and violence: Tracing the roots of criminal behavior – Rezensiert von: Fabienne Coenders
